The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-16
Justice for Gov. Shepherd.

Leading citizens of Washington are arrang-
ing to do very remarkable thing.
1t is to give ex-Gov. Shepherd, once
known as Boss" Shepherd, grand recep-
ton. He has been absent from Washington
seven years. The greater part of that time
he has been at his Batopias silver mine, in
Mexico. When he left Washington he was
under cloud. 1t was asserted that he was
the head of a ring which so arranged mat
ters in the District Legislature as to rob and
ruin many of Washington's real estate
owners. Shepherd was at one time
Governor of the District-that was
just before the present commission system
was inaugurated He was at that time
man of strong character, and he was backed
by some very influential men. There is no
doubt that he was rather tyranncal, and that
he made taxes high. Public opinion was so
strongly against him that it would have re-
quired but little effort to have raised mob
to drive him out of the city. The way he
made taxes enormously high was by grading
and paving the streets and planting shade
trees.
He became almost bankrupted by his own
speculations in real esta te. Why is it that
Washington welcomes his return with open
arms3 The reason is that he is entitled to
the credit of making Washington the most
beautiful city in this country He planned
the improvements and inaugurated them.
Washington people long since saw the mis-
take they made and they are now willing TO
make all the amends they can for the wrong
they did him by giving him a rousing recep-
ton. Time sets most things right.
Ex-Gov. r. b. Bullock passed through Sa.
vannah few days ago, on his way to New
York. He had hardly stepped off of the
steamship in the latter city before re-
porter interviewed him. About progress in
the South, the Ex-Governor said: "Thera
is a great deal of railroad building in prog
ress all over the South, and more railroad
enterprises are constantly projected Our
people have just begun to learn what the
West discovered twenty-five years ago, that
railroads must be pioneers. You must
have railroads in this day and age to de
velop any undeveloped country. We have
the largest stretch of country on the CONT
nent which is undeveloped and railroads are
necessity" About the captured flags cpl
no rebel flags again raised in the South.
What is the use of raising them when the
South has it all her own way at Washing
ton" The Ex-Governor posed as business
man when he spoke of progress in the
South. When he spoke of the flags he was
doing duty as Il Republican.
Here is another Southern outrage. The
Monroe Advertiser says that an intelligent
negro was seen in the Forsyth Cemetery ON
Saturday last, a conversation with whom
brought out the fact that he came TO the
town over twenty years ago as a body SER
want with his young master from Tennessee.
He dug the first grave in the soldiers
cemetery at Forsyth, and buried in it his
young master for whom he entertained
great affection. He remained connected
with the hospitals in Forsyth till after the
war, and then drifted to Houston county.
After an absence of twenty years he had
returned TO look upon the grave of his
former friend. He said that the citizens at
Forsyth kept the cemetery in good condi-
ton, but that he intended % take care of his
young masters grave himself.
The four G.. A. II. posts at Utica, N. Y,
did not go to Clinton upon the occasion of
President Cleveland's recent visit AT.
Bull. commander of one of the posts, ex-
planned their absence by saying: 81 think
the Presidents letter 70 St. Louis made the
boys feel bad" 1t is likely that the same
letter will make more of ''the boys" feel bad
not in the distant future